Hgskolan Dalarna

RY1032 Ryska fr nybrjare I & II

Russian for Beginners I and II / I II

Timetable - HT 17
Seminars:
Group 1: Tuesdays, 10.00-12.00, Samtalsrum 15.
Group 2 & 3: Tuesdays, 16.30-18.30, Samtalsrum 14 & 15.

Group work:
Thursdays, 10.00-11.00, 16.30-17.30, 18.00-19.00, Samtalsrum 15

NB! This is a preliminary schedule subject to change. All possible changes and additions to the material to be covered will be
announced during the online seminars once the course starts.

Week Date At the seminar Homework

w. 35 Roll-call
29/8/2017 NB! Participation in the call for participation is After the seminar
obligatory in order to keep ones place in the course! Exercises and all the material in the Introduction-
Alphabet folder.
Information on the course: procedure and Lecture Fonetik-1.
requirements.

w. 36 Introductory
seminar The Russian alphabet After the seminar
5/9/2017 Basic reading rules Exercises and all the material in the Introduction-
The 1st vowel reduction rule Alphabet folder.
Group work Lecture Fonetik-1.
7/9/2017 Chapter Alphabet in the language application SOLL
(http://langappdev.du.se/app.html)
w. 37 Seminar 1
12/9/2017 Hard and soft consonants. Intonation. Before the seminar
Russian names. Russian forms of address Grammar material in the Seminar 1 folder.
Group work (formal and informal).
14/9/2017 Gender of nouns. Personal and possessive pronouns. After the seminar
Cardinal numerals (0-10). Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 1 folder.
Chapter Greetings in SOLL.
Hand in Assignment 1 on Monday, September 18th
at 10.00 at the latest.

w. 38 Seminar 2
19/9/2017 Voiced and voiceless consonants. Assimilation. Before the seminar
Introducing oneself. ? ? Grammar material in the Seminar 2 folder.
Group work Russian surnames and patronymics.
21/9/2017 The plural of nouns and possessive pronouns. After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 2 folder.
Hard consonants , , and soft consonants , . Chapter Countries in SOLL.
Professions. ? Hand in Assignment 2 on Monday, September 25th
? ? at 10.00 at the latest.
The Prepositional case.
Verb conjugation present tense. Verbs
(to work), (to study).

w. 39 Seminar 3
26/9/2017 Hard consonants , , and soft consonants , . Before the seminar
Professions. ? Grammar material in the Seminar 3 folder.
Group work ? ?
28/9/2017 The Prepositional case. After the seminar
Verb conjugation present tense. Verbs Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 3 folder.
(to work), (to study). Chapter Professions in SOLL.
Hand in Assignment 3 on Monday, October 2nd at
10.00 at the latest.
w. 40 Self-study week Please, review the material for the first four seminars.

w. 41 Seminar 4
10/10/2017 Talking about yourselfI. Before the seminar
Countries and languages. Lecture Fonetik-3
Group work The Prepositional and the Accusative cases: Grammar material in the Seminar 4 folder.
12/10/2017 ? ?
? After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 4 folder.
Chapters Family, Presentation in SOLL.
Hand in Assignment 4 on Monday, October 16th at
10.00 at the latest.

w. 42 Seminar 5
17/10/2017 Talking about yourselfII. Days of the week. Time of Before the seminar
the day. Time expressions. Grammar material in the Seminar 5 folder.
Group work Questions ? (when), ? (at what
19/10/2017 time). After the seminar
Past tense. The verb (to be). Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 5 folder.
The Dative case: Expressing age. Chapters Presentation, Time in SOLL.
Hand in Assignment 5 on Monday, October 23rd at
10.00 at the latest.

w. 43 Seminar 6
24/10/2017 Future tense. The verb in the future tense. Before the seminar
The Genitive case. Grammar material in the Seminar 6 folder.
Group work Adjectives.
26/10/2017 After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 6 folder.
Chapter Telephone in SOLL.

w. 44 Phonetics test
31/10/2017 Complete and submit Phonetics test. More information about
the test will be available on Learn.
 Please, review the material for seminars 4, 5, 6 after you are
done with the test.

w. 45 Seminar 7
7/11/2017 Navigation around the city. Before the seminar
Giving and understanding simple directions. Grammar material in the Seminar 7 folder.
Group work Verbs and .
9/11/2017 The use of the Accusative for direction. After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 7 folder.

w. 46 Seminar 8
14/11/2017 Verbs of motion: Introduction. Before the seminar
The use of / , / . Grammar material in the Seminar 8 folder.
Group work Accusative (direction) vs. Prepositional (location)
16/11/2017 After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 8 folder.
Hand in Assignment 6 on Monday, November 20th at
10.00 at the latest.

w. 47 Seminar 9
21/11/2017 My daily routine Before the seminar:
Verbs for common activities. NB! Please, repeat numbers (from 0 to 50)
Group work Times expressions. Grammar material in the Seminar 9 folder.
23/11/2017 Use of the Accusative for direct object (animate
nouns in the Accusative). After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 9 folder.
Hand in Assignment 7 on Monday, November 27th at
10.00 at the latest.

w. 48 Seminar 10
28/11/2017 At a store. Buying a present Before the seminar
Use of the Dative for indirect object. Grammar material in the Seminar 10 folder.
Group work Genitive after numerals.
30/11/2017 After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 10
 folder.
Hand in Assignment 8 on Monday, December 4th at
10.00 at the latest.

w. 49 Seminar 11
5/12/2017 Talking about the Weather. Before the seminar
Impersonal construction to express the natural Grammar material in the Seminar 11 folder.
Group work conditions.
7/12/2017 Times expressions (times of the year, the use of the After the seminar
Prepositional with names of months). Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 11
folder.
Hand in Assignment 9 on Monday, December 11th at
10.00 at the latest.

w. 50 Seminar 12
12/12/2017 Health: Words you need when visiting a doctor. Before the seminar
The use of Dative case after verbs of motion. Grammar material in the Seminar 12 folder.
Group work Predicative adverbs expressing a persons condition.
14/12/2017 The Instrumental case. After the seminar
Exercises and all the material in the Seminar 12
folder.

NB! All late assignments must be handed in on Sunday,

December 17th, at 23.59 at the latest, if one to be
granted permission to participate in final exams.

w. 51 Written
examination Written test to take place during the regular seminar hours
19/12/2017 (procedure to be announced later).

w. 2 Oral
examination
9/1/2018